Milk-bottle holder



G. R. SCYHLEGEL.

MILK BOTTLE HOLDER.

APPLxcATloN HLED FEB. 17, `1920.

' specification.

' and Umm STATES! mire;

, GEORGE a sommari, 'or NEW esami-@Lisa EENNSYLVANLA- 1 MILK-'Berman nonnina.

To altwhom t 'may concer/a.' Be 1t known that I, GEORGE R. SOHLEGEL,`V a citizen of the United States, residing at 'New Berlinville, in the county ofBerks and State of Pennsylvania, have rinvented 'cer-4 tain new andY useful Improvements in-Milk- Bottle Holders, of whichI the following is a The principal object of the present invention is to provide a holder designed to pre-` vent the removal'therefrom cf bottles eX- cept by the'owner' ofthe helder. A furtherV object is to provideV a holder which may be attached to the exterior of a buildingvfor the reception lof a milk bottle and' which holder is provided with releasing mechanism operable only from the interior of the building. A further object is to provide a holder the parts of which may be adjusted to retain either a quart, pint or smaller bottle. Other and further objects will hereinafter appear. A

The invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described and finally claimed. l

rI`he nature, characteristic features and scope of the invention will be more fully understood from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, and in which z- Figure 1, is a view in front elevation of a holder embodying features of the invention. f

Fig. 2, is a view in side elevation thereof,

Fig. 3, is a fragmentary view, partly sectioned illustrating details of construction,

For the purpose of illustrating my invention I have shown in the accompanying drawings one form thereof which is at present preferred by me, since the same has beenV found in practice to give satisfactory andA reliable results, although it is to be understood that the various instrumentalities of which my invention consists can be variously arranged andorganized and that my invention is not limited to the precise arrangement and organization of'the instrumentalities as herein shown and described.

In the drawings 10 designates a plate of any suitable material the upper part of which carries a casing 11 provided with an overhanging portion 12 shaped and proportioned to accommodate the neck of a milk bottle. Fixed to the lower portion of the Y the bottle.

Speeicatiorrof Letters raient. @Patented Sept.A 21,1232@V Application inea February 17',` ieepj serial ri.' 359,335.A

pia@ io.V 'are Y a plurality er brackets 13,

spaced apart,- oneaboveft'he other and apertured'as at 14.v Adapted for detachable conv 60 -nection' `with respect to said brackets is a basket-like receptacle '15 shaped to accommodate aV milk bottleY and'l "provided with hooks'l for engagingwith the apertured is pivoted a bell-crank lever. 17 pivoted to one arm of which is a vertically disposed detent 18 which projects into a barrel 19 and is maintained in this position by reason of the fact that the other arm of the lever is under spring tension as at 20. VAlso connected with the last mentioned arm is a pushrod 21 which projects through the Ystructure l10 sosaid rod may be moved out- Y ward from the interior of said structure to moveJ the lever 17 around its pivot so as to withdraw the detent from the barrel 19. Adapted for removable insertion within said `barrel is a pin 22 having a linger piece 23 at its outer end and a head 24 at its other end adapted to cooperatively engage with the lportions vof said brackets@V -Ifa quart bottle Y l 1s .to be retained in the-holder the receptacle n' v15 isffitte'dV to the lowermost bracket. If'a detent 18. The pin has connected theretoy a short section of chain 25 4wire or equivalentl p material for engaging around the neck of The chain 25, as shown, is attached as at 26 to the interior of casing 11.

the overhanging portion 12 of the casing 11 so that when the pin 22 is inserted within vthebarrel 19 and engages with the detent v Y`When a bottle is placed in the receptacle 15y the top of the bottle fits snugly under removed fromV the holder when a person from within the structure to which the holder is securedA manipulates the push-pin. In order to cause the ready ejectionv of the push-pin from` its barrel a cushioned button 27 is positioned in alinement with the head of the pushepin' and with which button the said pin has abutting'relation in its interlocked position. Y

vised a novel and useful construction which Y embodies the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the 1n- I have in the present instance shown and described the l-prefe/rred embodiment vthereof which has been found'in practice to give satisfactory and lreliable results, itis to be understood that the-same is susceptible ofvr modification in variousparticulars Without departing fromthe spirit or scope ofthe invention or sacrificing any of Vits advantages. Y Y Y WhatIclaim iSr--Kl In a device of the character stated a sup* porting structure mounted upon the eXtef rior of the building, means for supporting a bottle carried by said structure, a horizontally disposed open-ended barrel located Within said casing, said barrel having a vernection at its other end With'said bolt Where-l by upon Withdrawal of said Vdetent said s tical slotvin the Wall thereof, a cushioned button carried by said casingand disposed Y in alinement With said barrel, a notched bolt normally engaging with said button, a devention and the above description and While i tentmextended through said slot and normally engaging the notch of said bolt7 a push-rod extended into the building interior, a bell-'crank-leverconnecting said detent and push rod, means carried by said ing vmeans and adapted for detachable concushioned button yserves to eject said bolt.

GEORGE.: R. scHLEeEL;

30 @casing to receive the riml of aV bottle and ieXible means for engaging around a bottle neck said means being fixed at one endi to a said casing in a plane below the rim receiv- In testimony whereof, IV have hereunto 1 signed my name.Y 

